A tracking calculation of a selection of stocks, bonds, or any investments. Example Dow Jones Index, Straits Times Index, Hang Seng Index
Stocks
Ownership of a company that can be determined by quantity. You can own 1,000 shares of HSBC Bank
Forex
Stands for Foreign Exchange
Buy
Unable to explain
Sell
Unable to explain
Bull
Investments are going up or expected to go up
Bear
Investments are going down or expected to go down
Long
Buy
Short
Sell
Rally
Prices are going up or gone up
Decline
Prices are coming down or came down
Tank
Came down / Dropping
Call Option
An option to buy at an agreed price ($) and date, only if the option buyer wants to buy
Put Option
An option to sell at an agreed price ($) and date, only if the option buyer wants to sell
Quote
A buyer or seller putting up a price, which is known as the quote
Bid
Prices queuing to Buy
Offer
Prices queuing to Sell
Spread
Price difference between Bid and Offer
GTC
Good Till Cancel
Market Order
Buy or Sell at Market Price (whatever price that is first in queue)
Limit Order
Buy or Sell Price at a pre-determined price
Stop
Buy or Sell to exit an existing trade or investment
Stop Loss
An action to exit trade when the trade or investment has negative returns
Profit Take
An action to exit trade when the trade or investment has positive returns
Hedge
An action taken to reduce or protect price movement of the investment
Settlement
The formal completion of the traded transaction. Example, T+3 which means settlement of cash or securities in 3 working days.
Margin Call
Trading capital that has gone below the required amount due to negative price movements or change in margin level
OTC
Stands for Over-the-counter. Any trades that is private between two parties by a dealer, without going through a regulated exchange are not transacted via a regulated exchange
Technical Analysis
Use past behaviors to predict future behaviors through the use of charts, trendlines and related analysis
Value Investing
An investment style that focus on fundamental analysis. Make popular by Benjamin Graham and Warren Buffett.
Fundamental Analysis
Using basic finance, accounting, investment, economic concepts to predict future price movements
Cable
Exchange rate between Pound and Dollar (GBP/USD)
Origin:
In 1880s, exchange rate for GBP/USD was transmitted across the Atlantic ocean floor by a large cable, the Transatlantic Cable. The steel cable was laid in 1858, allowing messages with currency prices to be transmitted between the London and New York Exchanges. The Times publish the first exchange rate on 10 August 1866.
CD (Cum-dividend)
The period of time when a dividend is declared by a company, but has not been paid out yet.
XD (Ex-dividend)
The date at which the dividend is paid to the shareholder.
OTC (Over-the-counter)
A transaction involving securities that are not publicly listed on an exchange.
CFD (Contract for Difference)
A contract between two people to pay the difference in the value of a security from now till a later date. If the price goes up, A will pay B the difference, and if it goes down, B will pay A.
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